Een appeltje voor de dorst
Meaning: Savings put by for hard times.
Language: Dutch
Literally: A little apple for the thirst
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Keeping back an apple to quench a later thirst pictures setting something aside for the future.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Πιάστηκε στα πράσα — Caught red-handed.
- Gdzie kucharek sześć, tam nie ma co jeść — Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- Armudun sapı var, üzümün çöpü var — To find fault with absolutely everything.
- Å gjøre kål på noe — To finish something off completely.
- At træde i spinaten — To put your foot in it; to blunder.
- 'n Halwe eier is beter as 'n leë dop — Half a loaf is better than none.
More Dutch idioms
- Met de mond vol tanden staan — To be tongue-tied and lost for words.
- De dans ontspringen — To narrowly escape trouble.
- hoe de vork in de steel zit — to understand the real situation or hidden mechanics of something.
- over de brug komen — to hand over money or pay what is owed.
- in het water vallen — for a plan or undertaking to fail or fall through.
- uit de voeten maken — to flee or scram hastily.